Two years ago (May 2009) was the surgery removing 78% of Mary's liver in a hepatic trisectomy at Stanford with Dr. Visser. Later that week was the episode of SIADH and then a week later her release to come home. Hard to believe its been two years.
If you'd like to read the May 2009 blog, click here.
I haven't dwelled on the surgery and the SIADH aftermath like I have on other events. I guess it was part of the success of giving Mary her one year instead of the weeks that are more typical for a diagnosis of cholangiocarcinoma so it was a joyous event.
As I read the two year old blog, I could only be so thankful for all the support from Ingrid, MaryR, Terry and all the good wishes from lots of friends. She gave it a good run, didn't she? But cholangiocarcinoma is a devil of a cancer because it attacks the liver, an organ that defines the workings of the body's chemistry.
As one of the doctors told us near the end in April of 2010, "We've had patients with tumors the size of basketballs but they were attached to the body in a non-threatening way. Mary's cancer (tumor) is so small we cannot get an image of it via MRI, CT Scan, X-Ray or any other technique. But, it is located in an absolutely essential and irreplaceable part of the body's workings such that it threatens life simply by being where it is.
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